#Abstract Expressionism

[jamesusilljournal]

Untitled, Gerhard Richter, 1990

[dailyrothko]

I'll just mention, for no reason in particular, that Mark Rothko was an immigrant, a refugee, a socialist and an anti-war protester.

[the-cricket-chirps]

Helen Frankenthaler

Sea Picture with Black

1959

[noak-esbjornsson-art]

Decorate Oblivion

2025

Noak Esbjörnsson

[4eternal-life]

Irene Chou (1924 Shanghai-2011 Australia) a student of Lui Shou-kwan and a key figure of the New Ink Art Movement in Hong Kong. The one stroke technique, derived from Chinese philosophy Zen and Taoism which was influenced by her mentor Lui Shou-kwan, has led to her dynamic, abstract paintings—and became her signature style in the 1980's.

Upon graduating from the Economic department at Shanghai St John's University in 1945, Chou worked as a journalist for Peace Daily Shanghai. Thereafter she left for Taipei and in 1949 for Hong Kong. Five years later she started to learn classical painting under Zhao Shao'ang, a master of the Lingnan school. During 1960's she was introduced to Western Abstract Expressionism by Lui Shou-kwan and inspired to combine Western and Chinese art while striving to retain the essence of Chinese traditional art. Her works demonstrate a solid grounding in traditional Chinese painting methods as well as the footprint traced from Lui Shou-kwan's iconic Zen painting. 

https://ocula.com/artists/irene-chou/

Irene Chou (Zhou Lüyun, 1924-2011) — Untitled [ink and colour, xuan paper, hanging scroll, ca. 1988]

[msmarymillspaulos]

Cy Twombly (1928-2011)

American Artist Photographer

[garv-painter]

Lindsey Harald-wong

[bal-bullier]

Cy Twombly

Without title (1986)

[disease]

LEE KRASNER / "SEATED NUDE" / 1940 [charcoal on paper | 25 x 18 7/8"]

[wateringstone]

Hilma af Klint. Untitled. 1924.

Watercolour on Paper.

13.5 x 9.5 inches.

[theaskew]

Bijanka Bacic (Australian, b. 1997, lives and works in London), Disruption #19, 2024. Oil on canvas, 90 x 80 cm. | 35 3/8 x 31 1/2 in. (Source: König Galerie, Berlin)

[jamesusilljournal]

Dusk Till Dawn, Josh E Wylie, 2023

[dailyrothko]

Mark Rothko, Untitled, 1969

Acrylic on wove paper

75 7/8 x 48 in. (192.7 x 121.9 cm) Estate/Inventory Number 2103.69 Collection of Kate Rothko Prizel. 

© Kate Rothko Prizel and Christopher Rothko

An Alternate scan here, which is modern but not the highest resolution. In fairness, it may be the photographic apprehension of some of the paper works may be deceiving, as a few were painted on a hard wall and not trimmed for mounting, as Rothko would have done during his life. This means that before he starts using masking tape to paint on paper, he's tacking these to a wall and the spatters and fraying on the edges are still present and a little hard to "read" .

But the reason for this scan is how blue it is. Normally, we see an old scan and call it comparatively "Bad" as resolutions are so much better now or the bad scan is a result of a lack of care in presentation.

Both scans we have here however, are from reputable museum sources. The light just hit the paintings differently from lens to lens.

The blue or green cast is not a new thing for Rothko archival photos. We see the aubergine tones come through the chapel paintings it's an eggplant color by name but Rothko called it "Plum" and is the result of (probably) Alizarin Crimson mixed with black and glue and thinned.

However, in the well done, but older Rothko family archives, there's a blue-green effect in many of the black dominated paintings. At any rate compare this version with the other here

[the-cricket-chirps]

Helen Frankenthaler

Midnight Shore

2002

[germanpostwarmodern]

Cy Twombly, Nini’s Painting, 1971, emulsion paint, crayon, colored pencil and pencil on canvas, 250.3 x 300.4 cm, Munich, Museum Brandhorst. Photo from May 2024.